Happy Birthday baby girl!

Our Little Laney Lu has turned one! What a busy, crazy year it has been!  She continues to be a toughest kid, and I have to admit I wasn't sure how I would make it through the year.  But here we are!  One year later from her crazy delivery (where I thought we just might not make it to the hospital) through her colic and not sleeping for 6 months, through many tears, both hers and mine, through all the adventures of our growing family.  She brings out the smiles and love with all that she meets. 

At her doctor's appointment, Laney weighed in at 20lbs 13 oz (65th percentile) and was 29.75in tall (70th percentile).  By comparison, Eliana was  21lbs 4 oz and Will was 21lbs 14oz at a year old.  She's still our "tiny" girl! Unfortunately at her one year check up, Laney also was diagnosed with Hand Foot and Mouth disease.  Poor thing!  I knew Will had it - he spiked a fever of 101 and has tons and tons of sores on his hands and feet and up his legs.  Luckily his mouth isn't too bad, which I remember being the worst when Eliana had it years ago.  However, I didn't realize that Laney also had HFM at the same time.  She was running a really low grade fever a couple of days ago (99.5 or so) but seemed fine.  Taking one look at Will though, and the pediatrician checked inside Laney's mouth and said, yep, she has it too!  She has a really mild case, and only has a couple of sores in her mouth that I had not noticed.  Surprisingly, she has handled it very well and hasn't acted sick.  That means, however, that we have to come back next week for her one year shots, when she is not fighting a virus. 

At a year, Laney is almost walking.  She cruises, stands on her own, and tries to take steps.  She is so close!  She has eight teeth, and says "mama," "dada," "moh" (more), and "shhh" (shoe).  She is still breastfeeding, and usually still gets up once in the middle of the night to nurse (driving me crazy!). She loves babies and baby dolls, music, playing peek-a-boo, playing in water or the bath, and her siblings.  She loves her dad best of all but will tolerate me as second choice.  She has the biggest grin but also the loudest screech.  If she doesn't like something, she will let you know it!  Laney is our pickiest eater.  I think unfortunately I have been too loose with letting her have sweets and treats (plus Eliana loves to give them to her).  Laney seems to think, why eat vegetables when I can have cookies? She likes cheese, fish, fruit, tofu, and carbs.  She loves eggs and cheese for breakfast and yogurt for snack.  When she doesn't like something or is done eating, she just throws the rest of her food on the floor.  She is still quite a handful!

She was in a good mood for her one year photos - we got some great shots!  And I even managed to get them without her siblings photo bombing, which doesn't happen very often.  She is just so sweet!